Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 4.0Owners in Vinegar Hill value their homes 44% above the median of Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $1,000,000, where Ontario’s towns sit at $695,000. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Vinegar Hill. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $787,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices. Figures for assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Markham as a whole, not for Vinegar Hill alone.
Two ways to price a home in Vinegar Hill
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.13M
- Owners
- 4,560
- Ontario’s towns
- $695K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential, MPAC 2016 base
- Ontario’s towns
- $232K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
A detached house in Markham is assessed at 3.7 times the middle of Ontario’s towns
In 2024, Markham had 108,480 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 61% of them and condos 16%.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Ontario’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
13% of Vinegar Hill’s households are in core housing need, against 9% for Ontario’s towns
At the 2021 census, 71% of Vinegar Hill’s 5,500 occupied homes were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 2001. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Vinegar Hill | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 11% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 9% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Building at the pace of Ontario’s towns: 12.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Markham, against 15
Markham issued permits for 9,308 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 1,551 a year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 16% were single-unit, against 66% for Ontario’s towns. Nobody publishes monthly permits for Vinegar Hill alone, so this card uses the figure for the Toronto metro area.
A peak in 2021: 2,900 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
35,927 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13% on the year before
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Vinegar Hill is 44% above the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
871 of Ontario’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Vinegar Hill: Milliken and Agincourt North
Next to Vinegar Hill: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinegar Hill | $1M | $1.13M | 83% | |
| Box Grove | $1.2M | $1.22M | 86% | 1.8 |
| Hagerman's Corners | $1M | $1.08M | 74% | 2.6 |
| Milliken | $900K | $823K | 88% | 3.2 |
| Markham Village | $1.2M | $1.21M | 75% | 3.8 |
| Underwood | $1M | $1M | 87% | 4.1 |
| Agincourt North | $850K | $808K | 79% | 4.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Vinegar Hill
Is Vinegar Hill expensive for Ontario?
More than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Vinegar Hill sits above it.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).